R packages have tkrplot, but no tcltk package

[hajgato]

affected versions:

R-3.2.1-foss-2015b.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.2.1-intel-2015a.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.2.1-intel-2015b.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.2.3-foss-2015b.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.2.3-foss-2016a.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.2.3-intel-2016a.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.2.3-intel-2016a-libX11-1.6.3.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.3.1-foss-2016a.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.3.1-foss-2016b.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
R-3.3.1-intel-2016b.eb:    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),

error:

** R
** preparing package for lazy loading
Warning: S3 methods ‘as.character.tclObj’, ‘as.character.tclVar’, ‘as.double.tclObj’, ‘as.integer.tclObj’, ‘as.logical.tclObj’, ‘as.raw.tclObj’, ‘print.tclObj’, ‘[[.tclArray’, ‘[[<-.tclArray’, ‘$.tclArray’, ‘$<-.tclArray’, ‘names.tclArray’, ‘names<-.tclArray’, ‘length.tclArray’, ‘length<-.tclArray’, ‘tclObj.tclVar’, ‘tclObj<-.tclVar’, ‘tclvalue.default’, ‘tclvalue.tclObj’, ‘tclvalue.tclVar’, ‘tclvalue<-.default’, ‘tclvalue<-.tclVar’, ‘close.tkProgressBar’ were declared in NAMESPACE but not found
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details:
  call: fun(libname, pkgname)
  error: Tcl/Tk support is not available on this system
Error : package ‘tcltk’ could not be loaded
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘tkrplot’

The libX11 version is probably also affected, but due to no value for $DISPLAY tkrplot was not tested.

** preparing package for lazy loading
Warning: no DISPLAY variable so Tk is not available

[hajgato]

@boegel: ?

[jhein32]

@hajgato see #2749, that fixed it for me.

[boegel]

@hajgato fixed with update to R easyblock, cfr. easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks#995